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Garry Marshall
Pretty Woman
(1990)
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Director
Garry Marshall
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Form & technique
The film's overall narrative arc
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The Postfeminist Sensibility
The Rodeo Drive shopping montage
The opening scene showing Vivian getting dressed
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The Pleasures of Looking
The "rescuing" motif, particularly the final fire escape scene
Tropes
The Pygmalion/Cinderella transformation plot
Vivian Ward's character transformation
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The Commodity Fetish
The dynamic between Vivian's wit and Edward's stoicism
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